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the top to brown too soon. It should be covered with a pan, when first put into
the oven, to prevent this.
CROWS'-NEST WITH CINNAMON
Cut nice sour cooking apples into a baking dish, small or large as you need; put
sugar, cinnamon, and lemon over them; throw in a cup of water, and cover the
dish with a crust of light pie crust. Put it in the oven, and bake until the
apples are tender. Be sure to cut air-holes in the crust before putting in to
bake. Eat it with cream and sugar, or hard sauce of butter and sugar; beat
together until firm enough to slice like butter. Grate a little nutmeg over the
sauce, if cinnamon is not liked.
COTTAGE PUDDING
One tablespoonful of butter, one cup of sugar, one cup of milk, two eggs, one
teaspoonful of soda, one pint of sifted flour, two spoonfuls of cream of tartar;
mix like cake; bake quickly in shallow tin pans; dredge the top with powdered
sugar, which gives a nice crust to all puddings and cakes. Sauce to accompany
this pudding: one tablespoonful of butter, one cup of powdered sugar, lemon
extract for seasoning, or lemon juice, with half a pint of boiling water. All
beaten together until it foams.
COUNTRY BATTER PUDDING WITH FRUIT, CHEAP AND NICE
This is a pudding which requires no paste and is a nice way to use fruit, such
as pie-plant, berries, strawberries, peaches, etc. To a quart of buttermilk add
one egg, a large teaspoonful of soda, a little salt, and flour enough to make a
thick batter. Pour it over a quart
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